... or up and down my spine while asleep. This went on for three years, with little relief during the cycles. I entered menopause at the age of 48 and symptoms started to lessen, a little, then a lot. Ambien helped a lot. ... (0 replies)

... ompletely consistent with what I feel. One site I read even talks about how i'ts right when the person is falling asleep, and they often have little mini dreams during the whole few second episode. That happens with me, and I wake up and think, well I wasn't sleeping because there wasn't that much time! ... (21 replies)

... Your description of your husbands sleep issues, sound very much like sleep apnea. During "apneas" the brain forgets to have the person breath, leaving them with long pauses in breathing, often loud snoring, and then a gasp of air is needed. ... (2 replies)

... Hey I have the same thing for the longest time. But I'm not sure if it's sleep apnea. I don't doubt that I have sleep apnea, because sometimes I do hear myself snoring a bit and then I kind of choke and wake up. But this sensation that I feel way more often is different. ... (21 replies)

... No event took place that caused stress. I would stay awake all night, play on the computer, read etc. Of course after a week of that I began getting very drowsy during the day and detached from everything. Let another week go by of no...and I mean NO sleep and saw my dr. He gave me ambien. ... (0 replies)